Ferroelastic ¢¤-Gd 2 (MoO 4 ) 3 and ¢¤-Eu 2 (MoO 4 ) 3 crystals were synthesized through the crystallization of 21.25Gd 2 O 3 63.75MoO 3 15B 2 O 3 glass and 22.5Eu 2 O 3 47.5MoO 3 30B 2 O 3 glass, respectivelty, and their magnetism and photoluminescence properties were examined. It was demonstrated from the temperature dependence of the magnetic susceptibility and specific heat down to T = 1.8 K that the magnetic state of Gd 3+ ions in the crystallized samples, i.e., in the ¢¤-Gd 2 (MoO 4 ) 3 crystals and the residual glasses, is paramagnetic and any magnetic interaction is not formed among Gd 3+ ions down to T = 1.8 K, i.e., the effective magnetic moment of¯e ff = 7.94¯B and Weiss constant of ª = 0.3 K. Photoluminescence (PL) of Eu 3+ ions was clearly observed in the crystallized samples, although the melt-quenched glass did not show any photoluminescence. The present study proposes that the concentration quenching among Eu 3+ ions in ¢¤-Eu 2 (MoO 4 ) 3 crystals is small and ¢¤-RE 2 (MoO 4 ) 3 crystals would be good hosts for PL emissions of RE 3+ .